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PM warns over Koh Tao meddling
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/10/2014
» Teams of officials from Britain and Myanmar only will be allowed to observe progress in the Koh Tao murders case, not interfere with the Thai investigation process, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday.
Curfew ends in Pattaya, Samui, Phuket
Online Reporters, Published on 03/06/2014
» Following calls from tourism operators, the National Council for Peace Order (NCPO) on Tuesday issued an announcement ending the night curfew in Pattaya city, Koh Samui in Surat Thani, and the entire island province of Phuket.
Curfew will curb next full-moon party
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 01/06/2014
» SURAT THANI – Tourism operators are banking on the army to relax a curfew for the next full-moon party with the fun set for June 12.
Full Moon a tourism hit
News, Published on 16/04/2014
» The Full Moon party on Koh Pha-ngan drew nearly 20,000 local and foreign tourists earlier this week.
Suthep floats peace talks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/02/2014
» People's Democratic Reform Committee's (PDRC) secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban has challenged caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to meet him in peace talks.
US, watchdog voice concerns over poll block
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/01/2014
» The United States and the regional poll watchdog have expressed grave concerns over anti-government protesters' blockade of polling units and violence during advance voting for the election on Sunday.
Foreign tourists in Surat skip Bangkok
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/01/2014
» SURAT THANI - Many foreign tourists vacationing on two resort islands off the coast of Surat Thani say they plan to bypass Bangkok when they head home and go straight to the airport instead, the chairwoman of the Koh Pangan and Koh Samui Tourism Promotion Association said on Thursday.
'Water fun' for Full Moon planned
Post Reporters, Published on 03/09/2013
» The Ministry of Tourism and Sports will introduce new water sports activities to the Full Moon party on Koh Phangan in Surat Thani, as well as boosting security.
'Laughing gas' balloons crackdown
Associated Press, Published on 26/08/2013
» Thai authorities are cracking down on vendors in Bangkok's main backpacker district selling cheap doses of balloons filled with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, to tourists.
Phangan full moon party postponed
Published on 25/02/2013
» The Full Moon Party at Surat Thani's Koh Phangan will be postponed on Monday and Tuesday due to the Buddhist religious festival, Makha Bucha Day.